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We can expect to see a lot of news coming from there and this is the thread to keep the discussion more central.
Here is some background information about the whole situation.
Sunnis and Shia Muslims
Sunni and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. They are spread out all over the world and 87 – 89% of Muslims are Sunni and approximately 11-12% are Shia. Their beliefs differ in a couple of areas and there have been conflicts dating back several centuries between both groups. In recent years the conflicts were mostly in Pakistan and Iraq.
Iraq has about 65% of Shia Arab Muslims and 32% of Sunnis. Saddam Hussein was a Sunni and oppressed the Shia and basically made them second class citizen.
(Source)ISIS – Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (former ISIL – Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant)
ISIS is a Sunni milita group that is even too extreme for al-Quaida. They have fought within Iraq right after the US invasion and moved their operations to Syria in recent years.
“Al-Qaida announces it is not linked to … [ISIS], as it was not informed of its creation [and] did not accept it,” the statement said. ISIS “is not a branch of al-Qaida, has no links to it, and the [al-Qaida] group is not responsible for its acts.”
They have plenty of videos online that “promote what they do”. Beheadings, shootings and all sorts of murder and mayhem. Here is a 1 hour high definition video ISIS created to promote how brave they are. You should not watch this if you have problems seeing people (including teenager and kids) getting killed in various ways.
ISIS in Iraq
Now ISIS has invaded Iraq and is marching towards Baghdad.
Here is some coverage of the situation by different news stations:
- New York Times: The Iraq-ISIS Conflict in Maps, Photos and Video
- Google News: for Iraq and for ISIS
- BBC: Struggle for Iraq Ongoing Coverage
- Al Jazeera: Iraq in Turmoil Liveblog / Iraq News
- Twitter Tags: #ISIS / #ISIL / #IRAQ
- Youtube: ISIS / ISIL / IRAQ
- Foxnews Iraq Articles
Alea iacta est ("The die has been cast")
Just for reference: Muslims:http://islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_sunni.htm
They now have a blackhawk: https://imgur.com/ktygC9U
Canadian Patriot. Becoming self-sufficient.
I say more power to them. Get them all in one central area. Makes targeting easier!
RobinThis will continue to grow… I predict this will very soon be very, very bad news for Israel.
Israel is ready. First they will let them kill each other and then they will watch them to see what is there next step.
I believe that if we have another world war that it will start in the middle east.
So it looks like the Shiite are joining the security forces to fight the Al Qaeda militants.
Thousands of Iraqis answer call to join fight against militants.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/14/thousands-iraqis-answer-call-to-arms/
They now have a blackhawk: https://imgur.com/ktygC9U
With the 425 million USD they got from taking Mosul this is probably just the beginning of a shopping spree…
Alea iacta est ("The die has been cast")
Increased preparations in Israel.
Israel Will Go to War as Islamic Fascism Spreads
“chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz cryptically remarked that the IDF is gearing up to address the growing numbers of terrorist forces on its border with Syria. He noted Iraq as well for good measure”
74, This is only going to get bigger, and when Israel gets into the war they will not hold back.
Things are going just too fast there.
That ISIS militia have just lot of success there, OK of course reasons are too in fact that other side is not so organized, not able to organize anything big without outside help.But there are logic in those ISIL horrible killings and executions. It is sick logic but it works.
From my personal experience, when your first neighbor (or your fellow soldier or similar) says “they coming, and they killing every man, raping women, and torch everything!” fear can be overwhelming and you just forget everything else.
Reasons, logic, courage, high words, everything goes away when horror coming.It just work.
It my sound wrong, but good way of dealing with that kind of folks is raising other horror against them by using quick and swift justice, without too much talking. Just destroying.
Selco,
Totally agree, but it’s not coming from the USA.http://www.danielpipes.org/14486/turkey-isis
So it looks like Turkey is in the mix with this mess.
Yes it looks like more countries will get involved. Gas prices may go way up, that means food prices will go up too!
A Turkey vs Iran war is very bad. Turkey is a NATO Alliance member. It will draw EVERYONE into the war.
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